Founding Board

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Jeffrey S. Barkin, MD

Jeffrey S. Barkin, MD

Psychiatrist · Health Policy

Dr. Jeffrey Barkin is a Portland-based psychiatrist, healthcare leader, educator, and longtime advocate for Maine’s healthcare and civic communities. He also co-hosts A Healthy Conversation with Dr. Lisa Belisle on WGAN.

A graduate of Swarthmore College and Yale University School of Medicine, Jeff is board-certified in general and geriatric psychiatry and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His leadership has included serving as President of the Maine Medical Association and working extensively across healthcare policy, organizational leadership, education, and media. A Healthy Conversation explores healthcare, policy, community, and issues affecting the lives of Mainers. His ability to connect people and ideas across medicine, business, policy, and community brings an important cross-sector perspective to The Maine Table.

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Lisa Belisle, MD, PhD

Lisa Belisle, MD, PhD

Physician · Host, Radio Maine

Dr. Lisa Belisle is a physician executive, leadership advisor, writer, and media host whose career spans medicine, leadership, communications, and community building. She hosts Radio Maine and co-hosts A Healthy Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Barkin on WGAN.

A board-certified family physician, Lisa holds an MD, PhD in Leadership Studies, MPH, and MBA. Through Radio Maine, she has conducted hundreds of long-form conversations with Maine’s entrepreneurs, artists, leaders, and changemakers. A Healthy Conversation explores healthcare, policy, community, and issues important to Maine. Her work consistently sits at the intersection of leadership, creativity, relationships, and human potential, giving her a uniquely broad view of the people and ideas shaping Maine.

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Owen McCarthy

Owen McCarthy

Co-Founder, MedRhythms

Owen McCarthy is an entrepreneur and co-founder of MedRhythms, a Portland-based neurotechnology company developing next-generation therapeutics at the intersection of music, neuroscience, sensors, and software.

As the company’s former President, Owen helped lead MedRhythms through multiple financing rounds, including a $27 million Series B, and is named on multiple patents. A Harvard Business School MBA and University of Maine engineering graduate, Owen has also held leadership roles with the University of Maine Board of Visitors and served on the university’s Board of Trustees. He brings deep experience building and financing an ambitious technology company from Maine.

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Sanjay Patel

Sanjay Patel

Entrepreneur · Investor

Sanjay Patel is a technology executive, entrepreneur, investor, and company builder with more than two decades of experience across healthcare, fintech, software, education, and emerging technology. He is CEO and CTO of Mediflix and founder of Perpetuating.

Sanjay also supports emerging companies as an advisor and angel investor, including through Maine Angels. His community involvement has included mentoring entrepreneurs through the Roux Institute and board service with The Ecology School and Carnegie Mellon University. He brings to The Maine Table a valuable combination of technology expertise, entrepreneurial experience, investment perspective, and commitment to Maine’s innovation community.

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Chris Hawker

Chris Hawker

Co-Founder, Floyd · CEO, CultureFire

Chris Hawker is an entrepreneur, inventor, and community builder with more than 25 years of experience turning ideas into products, companies, and experiences. He is the founder and CEO of FloydCo, a restaurant technology company serving the quick-service restaurant industry.

Chris is named on more than 40 patents, and his inventions have been commercialized by major companies and retailers. He has also spent years designing leadership experiences, retreats, and gatherings centered on connection, collaboration, and personal development. His work with The Maine Table reflects his belief that bringing the right people together intentionally can create relationships and opportunities that rarely happen by accident.

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Nick Anderson

Nick Anderson

Co-Founder & CEO, Dune IRL

Nick Anderson is Co-Founder and CEO of Dune IRL, a platform modernizing the relationship between founder and investor events and their sponsors. He has attended and produced nearly 500 in-person events, from grassroots gatherings to major conferences.

That experience has given Nick a deep understanding of what makes communities and events genuinely valuable. His background includes work within the VaynerX ecosystem, serving as Chief of Staff at Shipyard Software, and building founder and investor communities through Dune IRL. He brings particular expertise in designing gatherings where the quality of the people, conversations, and resulting relationships matters more than the size of the crowd.

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